Take a Hike is a Cape Town based operator offering daily guided mountain hikes in the Cape Peninsula & Western Cape. Our hiking division is run by Barry Washkansky of Hike Cape Town, a highly experienced mountain guide and trail runner. Barry grew up on the slopes of Table Mountain and loves nothing more than showing off his beautiful backyard playground to people from around the world.

You need to be in good health and able to hike for 3-4 hours, with lots of stops along the way. Desire is more important than fitness, but we have shorter walks for those that don’t want to hike to the top of Table Mountain. Enquire about our Lion’s Head sunset walks here.

Cape Town is known for its unpredictable weather. It may rain on one side of the mountain, while others sunbathe on the beach on the other. The best solution is to always be prepared for bad weather no matter how hot it is on the ground. Table Mountain has its own weather system. If the weather is exceptionally bad, we might not hike. But that depends on you. Some like it wild.

We loved doing a 1/2 day hike up Table Mountain’s India Venster trail, which was wonderful, challenging and gorgeous.

Marc

Melbourne

Our mountain guide, a Cape Town local, knew the mountain like no other. We loved our hiking trip so much that we did it again. We went up a couple of different routes that were both challenging and great fun.

We had a terrific day hike to the top of Table Mountain. From the tuk-tuk ride to a beautiful back route to great knowledge and lots of interesting conversation, we loved it all. Great day out on Table Mountain.